Wild Sweet Potato Vine (Noun)
Meaning
Tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- In tropical regions the wild sweet potato vine thrives as a prostrate or climbing perennial due to its ability to grow and propagate quickly.
- Indigenous people have long used the wild sweet potato vine as an edible source for sustenance.
- Studies suggest the domesticated sweet potato originated from the wild sweet potato vine that has grown for centuries in tropical America.
- Native tribes discovered a great variety of uses for the wild sweet potato vine apart from relying on its enormous starchy root as food.
- The wild sweet potato vine grows freely in the tropical environment of the region where humans have harvested it for food for centuries.